Solitude and Books

The Opium Toffee  Khuswant Singh I was able to get my hands on the latest release published by Amaryllis Publishers this month and the title truly Intrigued me.  Before sharing what I understood and ft about this book I truly liked this quote from the book mentioned in an early chapter : " And when a man enforces his decree on any woman he is no list then a terrorist. " It was an interesting and thoughtful story that is effective enough to make a mark in your mind.  The story starts with Shabnam, a high profile model in London finding a known face on the roads of London begging in a rugged state.  It all startled her when she found out it's her Ajit who somehow suddenly vanished from her life back in her teenage. All the questions started to surround her mind that once who was her boyfriend and a popular singer back in India long time back now lives on the streets of London. How did this all happen?  She decides to take him back to India after  ...

A story told in verse, Teething begins when Kochu, a young boy in Kerala, is caught kissing the neighbour's son. All hell breaks loose, ending in Kochu taking his own life. It's written by Megha Rao. Published by HarperCollins India.  Years after the scandal, after discovering his suicide note, his oldest sister, Achu, sets out to uncover the mysteries of their dysfunctional family by putting pieces of their past back together. Along the way, she discovers things she never noticed - their mother's brokenness and obsession with the church, their father's disturbing secrecy inside the bedroom, and, of course, their own individual traumas that stopped time altogether.  Soon, Achu realises that none of them will ever truly grow up until they live their lives all over again, from the very beginning. Definitely go and pick this book out if you are looking for something different and a heart touching read.  _____________

The Circus Trap  By Sindhu John  Book lenth: 210 pages  Publisher: The Write Place  _________________________ This book has a beautiful story with few lessons for life for little readers. But I believe even adults will enjoy the read. Theres this dwindling circus where  Miss Scaly works as a ring-mistress. She is quite notorious in her style and character. She is nothing but bitter and scornful who would treat animals and people very badly.  Again Gator is a thug and criminal. He is as well a brutal animal trainer. He is also engaged in poaching and smuggling animals.  Majestic is entangled in this web of brutality. He is the black beast , the beauty , the panther who again is the actual star of the circus. Trapped and bullied by both he is loosing his hope.  But now comes the undaunted four, who are champions for animals are adventure seekers. They visit the circus casually but then there adventure turns into a...

The Virtues of a Self-Satisfied Life By RAHUL KUMAR JAIN Book length : 311 pages  ________________________ Self satisfaction is very important in our lives without which everything feels bland. But can it be achieved by fulfilling particular aims or there is a way out to enjoy it life long while you are still in the process? So self satisfaction is the major key to being content and being happy. Author in this book points out happiness and success are time and activities bound. But self satisfaction keeps on changing based on overall performance of a person in his life. So how to improve one's performance ? Is it goal based?  Again in this book we get to understand how 4 keys are behind it for which we have to work on ourselves and 25% of it is going to be dependable on others.  If you live in an unarranged / unplanned ways you will fail to achieve but here in life professionalism is required in all arenas.  Really like...

Death and Desolation is the book 2 of the series. The first book was Death and Dishonor and truly enjoyed it back in 2019 or so. This book is written by the duo: Abhimanyu Saxena and Tanmoy Basak. Even if you have not read the book 1 you can still read book 2 as a standalone.  First come first , I truly adored the cover. It's made mysterious and has dark suspenseful vibes!   Now coming to the story it's a thriller with loads of twists and turns. A shootout in the open daylight sterns out everyone. Inspector Zayed leaves no stones unturned but still fails to catch the culprit and understand the conspiracy behind it. When their all hopes are on the RAW agent he is nowhere to be found. Admist all these turmoils Vijay Yadav is stuck in the middle where he is frustrated with his inner battles and lands up into a mysterious savior group who are somehow linked with the same conspiracy where he now may get landed up too.  How will he understand what's...

Your Last Step To Fast Financial Freedom Authored by Aryan Chaudhary Published by @fingerprintpublishingbooks ______________ Everyone yearns for financial stability and at some point of their lives financial freedom because one cannot keep working when old age strikes. But what about financial freedom when you are in your 30s or 40s? Have you ever given thought upon this idea? Yes many now a days are enjoying it and this book perfectly explains how one can achieve it too by following some tips and tricks in the market.  Financial freedom is when you can sleep easy with the assurance that all your financial goals will be reached. Thus one would want to be free from the rat race and spend their time indulging in hobbies and travelling.  If you are stuck in a rot where you live in the survival mode living pay cheque to pay cheque with many liabilities and paying monthly EMIs, having less income but higher debts with compulsive spending habits then this book may come h...